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What is the dream of the world today? To go faster? To work more? To share more memes? To watch more cat videos? Not only do we lack a dream for ourselves, we lack a dream united with our humanity. Ages before us dreamt big, powerful dreams. Whether they were right or wrong is up …

I’m tired of being angry. Ironic. I do believe there is a time for anger, but I’ve also seen how chronic anger is almost always more hurtful than the results that come in the midst of anger. I say this seeing, for some time now, I’ve derived most of my energy from my anger, from …

I’m tired of consuming. Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Repeat. Dezeen. Gmail. AP. NPR. Data. Data. Data. What does all this do? What is all of it for? If ‘to consume’ means ‘to live,’ then life has no meaning. Rather, I’m interested in the life lived with humanity. A life not of looking, but of seeing, involving … Continue reading →

What am I angry at? Most of all, I’m angry at Christians. We’ve let all these other things come between our God and the life that he calls us to. For some reason, being a Christian has been reduced to your ability to memorize scripture, read books, and to manage your sin. The Gospel of … Continue reading →

Recently, SCAD hosted a lecture with James H. Gilmore, co-author of The Experience Economy: Work is Theater and Every Business is a Stage. The premise of the book is understanding the basic history and future of Western business strategies. The idea is that as our society has progressed, the business market has shifted from the selling of … Continue reading →

This is the first post in a series for my Contextual Research Methods class this fall. If successful, I hope to continue the conversation so long as the posts are interesting enough, thought-provoking, or inspiring. They may in fact be none of these, but it’s required, so I can only hope they will be. First off, … Continue reading →